Bracket for uncoupling-levers.



W P MURPHY BRACKET FOR UNCOUPLING LEVBRS.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1910.

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BRACKET FOR UNCOUPLING-LEVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9,1912.

Application filed September 21, 1910. Serial No. 583,119.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER P. MURPHY, a citizen of the- United States, residingat 'St. Louis, in'the State of Missouri, have and other securing means have become bolts,

- the end sill of the car.

rusty.

The object of my invention is to overcome the difficulties heretofore experienced in brackets of this character by making the bracket in two parts.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of a car with my invention secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a top plan View of one of the brackets detached; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line H, F 1g. 2, and Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the bracket.

The numeral.l represents a car of any approved type, parts being broken away, and 2. the end sill which'may be of any approved pattern, whether of metal or wood.

The numeral 3 designates the coupler head, 4 the locking pin and 5 an unlocking rod which may be of any approved pattern. 6 is the operating handle of the rod 5. The inner end of the rod, as will be understood, is bent at right angles to the rod and projects out over the locking pin 4 to which it is secured directly or by means of a link or chain.

My improved bracket consists of the base plate 7 which may be constructed with any desirable contour.

The numeral 8 designates bolt openings or holes in each end, through which the screws or other securing devices are passed to secure the base plate rigidly to This plate is'provided with a lug or boss 10 having a concaved bearin race or seat 11, in which the rod 5 is a apted to be seated. As shown more clearly in Fig. 2, the boss or In 10 .th

is provided with a central .slot 12 w ich extends throu h the base plate'7;

The numera 13 designates a hole extend ing through two opposite walls of the lug.

10 which are adapted to receive the cotter -The numeral 15 designates slots extend-' ing through the base plate on two diametk rically opposite sides of the boss or lug 10.-

The numeral 16 designates a. U-shaped strap provided near its ends with cotter pili openings 17 which, when the stra is properly adjusted'on the base plate register with the openings 13 in the boss or lug 10.-

As shown in Fig. 4, the ends of the strap 16, when the strap is in proper position on the base plate, project through the slots 15 and are flush with the bottom face of the base plate 7.

In practice, the base by the bolts 9 to the end sill of the car and the rod 5 is placed in the concaved seat 11.

The strap 16 is then placed over the rod and completes the bearing for the rod in conjunction with the concaved seat 11, the ends of i the strap projecting through the slots 15 flush. with the under face of the base plate 7 The cotter pin is then passed through the openings 17 in the strap and the hole 13 in the lug 10, thus securing the strap firmly and securely to the base plate. The-split end of the cotter pin is then spread as is usual with such pins, whereby the parts are firmly locked together against displacement.

In the event that it is-desired to remove the rod 5 for any purpose whatever, this may be easily accomplished by straightening the ends of the cotter pin, removing the cotter pin and the strap 16, whereupon the rod is free to be removed from the car with out disturbing the permanent fastenings securing the base plate of the bracket to the car.

plate is secured Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1: A bracket for an uncoupling lever for cars, including a base having a lug terminating in a concaved bearing and provided with an opening extending therethrough betweensaidbearing and the base, a strap extending over the ug and forming therewith a circular bearing and provided with openings registering with the opening in e lug, and a pin passing through said openings securing the strap to the lug.

' 2;. A bracket for an uncoupling rod, com- 1 prising'a base, a lug on said base, a concave seat on the end of said lug; said 'base'hav a U-sha; ed strap cpnstructed to fit ov'ersald lug'wit 1 p'assin throng-hike said 111g and strap de- WALTER P. MURPHY.

ing slots on two opposite sides of-said 1mg,

its end projecting throngh the slotsin the base and. a securing member 'Witnesses:

HARRY W. STANNARD,

Itachaby ecuri rig the strap to the base. JOSEPHINE HARTNE'IT.

copil iof flail patent my be obtained f01 five cnts each, by adfiressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

